Colonel (Retired), Director of Iraq Programs, Peace & Stability Operations, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)
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Paul Hughes is a senior program officer in the Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations where he led the Iraq Study Group’s Military and Security Expert Working Group. Prior to joining USIP, he served as an active duty Army colonel and as the Army’s senior military fellow to the Institute for National Security Studies of the National Defense University. As the director of national security policy on the Army staff he developed and provided policy guidance for the Army in numerous areas, such as arms control, weapons of mass destruction, missile defense, information operations, emerging nontraditional security issues, and crisis prediction.
From January to August 2003, Hughes served as the chief of the Special Initiatives Office for the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance and as the director of the Strategic Policy Office for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq during which time he developed several policy initiatives, such as the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of the Iraqi military. From 1996 to 2000, he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) as deputy director of the Office for Humanitarian Assistance and Anti-Personnel Landmine Policy, where he led the OSD response to Hurricane Mitch, the Turkish earthquakes, and Mozambique floods.
Hughes holds two master’s of military arts and sciences and a B.A. in sociology from Colorado State University. His awards include two Defense Superior Service Medals, three Bronze Star Medals, four Meritorious Service Medals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, four Army Commendation Medals, and several campaign and service ribbons.
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Iraq - No End in Sight?
Paul D. Hughes
Colonel (Retired), Director of Iraq Programs, Peace & Stability Operations, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)* Download the Video
conversation between Colonel Paul D. Hughes and High School StudentsClick Here for video 1
Click Here for video 2
* Biography
Paul Hughes is a senior program officer in the Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations where he led the Iraq Study Group’s Military and Security Expert Working Group. Prior to joining USIP, he served as an active duty Army colonel and as the Army’s senior military fellow to the Institute for National Security Studies of the National Defense University. As the director of national security policy on the Army staff he developed and provided policy guidance for the Army in numerous areas, such as arms control, weapons of mass destruction, missile defense, information operations, emerging nontraditional security issues, and crisis prediction.From January to August 2003, Hughes served as the chief of the Special Initiatives Office for the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance and as the director of the Strategic Policy Office for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq during which time he developed several policy initiatives, such as the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of the Iraqi military. From 1996 to 2000, he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) as deputy director of the Office for Humanitarian Assistance and Anti-Personnel Landmine Policy, where he led the OSD response to Hurricane Mitch, the Turkish earthquakes, and Mozambique floods.
Hughes holds two master’s of military arts and sciences and a B.A. in sociology from Colorado State University. His awards include two Defense Superior Service Medals, three Bronze Star Medals, four Meritorious Service Medals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, four Army Commendation Medals, and several campaign and service ribbons.
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